Latin

About the Program

Offered through the Department of Classics
Contact: John Muccigrosso, Associate Professor of Classics

AP Exams

A student receiving a score of 4 or 5 on the Latin examination is exempt from LAT 30 and is considered to have fulfilled the College’s general education language requirement. AP credits in Latin do not apply to the language-in-context general education requirement.

The College language requirement may also be met by achieving a score of 680 on the CEEB/SAT II Latin Test, or a satisfactory placement score on the Drew Latin placement examination.

Language-in-Context Requirement

The following regularly offered courses fulfill the language-in-context requirement for students that started Fall 2009 and before which offer Latin as their language.  Courses from foreign language departments and programs offered to fulfill this requirement must be in addition to the eight credits needed to fulfill the language requirement.

ARTHST 4/Western Art I: Ancient and Medieval (4)
ARTHST 102/Medieval Art (4)
CL 21/The History of Ancient Rome (4)
CL 22/Classical Literature in Translation (4)
CL 24/Archaeology of Greece and Rome (4)
CL 25/Classical Mythology (4)
CL 27/Society and Family in Ancient Greece and Rome (4)
CL 28/Topics From the Classical World (when appropriate) (4)
CL 165/Greek and Roman Religions (4)
HIST 21/The Ancient World: Rome (4)
HUM 11/Classical Antiquity (4)
MUS 12/History of Western Music I (4)
PHIL 36/History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (4)
REL 25/History of Christian Thought I (4)
REL 165/Greek and Roman Religions (4)

For other courses, see the list published each semester. Students who wish to use a course designated LAT to satisfy the language-in-context requirement must take a course that is appropriate to their skills in Latin.

Courses Offered

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LAT 101 - Formerly 1 - Elementary Latin I (4)

An introduction to Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary with appropriate readings from original writings of ancient authors. Attention is given to aspects of Roman language, history, and culture that have strongly influenced Western thought.
Offered fall semester.

LAT 102 - Formerly 2 - Elementary Latin II (4)

An introduction to Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary with appropriate readings from original writings of ancient authors. Attention is given to aspects of Roman language, history, and culture that have strongly influenced Western thought.
Prerequisite: LAT 101 - Formerly 1 - Offered spring semester.

LAT 201 - Formerly 30 - Intermediate Latin: Prose (4)

Readings from Latin prose authors, such as Caesar, Sallust, and Cicero; consideration of Roman culture together with review of the language.
Prerequisite: One year of college Latin or placement based on exam Offered fall semester.

LAT 202 - Formerly 100 - Roman Poetry (4)

Readings chosen from the love-poetry of Catullus and Ovid; Ovid's Metamorphoses (one of our major sources of classical mythology); Horace's Odes and Satires; and Lucretius. Consideration of the literary and cultural backgrounds of the works and their influence.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: LAT 201 - Formerly 30 - or placement based on exam Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years.

LAT 330 - Formerly 110 - Vergil (4)

Readings from Vergil's Aeneid and study of its literary and historical contexts.
Prerequisite: LAT 201 - Formerly 30 - or placement based on exam Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years.

LAT 320 - Formerly 120 - Roman Prose (4)

Readings chosen from Cicero's speeches from the courtroom or the Senate; the letters of Cicero and Pliny; and the histories of Sallust, Livy, Suetonius, and Tacitus. With study of their historical contexts, prose style, rhetorical techniques, and influence.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: LAT 201 - Formerly 30 - or placement based on exam Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.

LAT 300 - Formerly 150 - Independent Study (2-4)

Readings in Latin authors chosen to satisfy students' special interests. Weekly meetings, conducted as a tutorial, for translation, with oral and written reports.
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: LAT 201 - Formerly 30 - and permission of instructor Offered fall and spring semester.

Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum

LAT 299 - Formerly 99 - Latin Across The Curriculum (1-2)

Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum is a tutorial program which seeks to enable students with at least intermediate-level proficiency in a foreign language to access authentic materials in that language that are relevant to a cognate course. Students will use their acquired skills to read and interpret texts in the foreign language and/or conduct research in the language. Knowledge gained will be applied to the work of the cognate course.
May be taken again with a different cognate course. Prerequisite: LAT 201 - Formerly 30 - or equivalent and signature of language instructor. Corequisite: Concurrent registration in a cognate course.